Uber wants Waymo’s self-driving cars on its ride-hailing platform

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said at the Code Conference today that his company is talking to Google spin-off firm Waymo to have the self-driving vehicle tech company’s cars added to its platform.

That’s interesting for a number of reasons. For starters, it was just a few short months ago when Uber and Waymo settled a court battle over allegations that the ride-hailing firm stole trade secrets to build its self-driving tech.

Khosrowshahi also noted that the company plans to resume its autonomous vehicles back on the road for testing this summer, with a focus on safety.

So, while Uber is still keen to build out its own self-driving tech, it looks like it’s happy to work with whoever takes the lead in bringing completely safe autonomous cars to America’s streets.

Khosrowshahi said that it’s up to Waymo to decide if it wants to partner on this, and pointed to how the deal would make sense money-wise, given that his company run’s the world’s largest ride-hailing network.